OR-147 Morgan Mountain, Izee (Triassic of the United States)

Where: Grant County, Oregon (44.1° N, 119.4° W: paleocoordinates 18.8° N, 55.2° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Rail Cabin Argillite Formation, Norian (228.0 - 208.5 Ma)

• 58.8 m above contact, (Late Carnian?)Early to late Middle Norian

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: basinal (siliceous); lithified, cherty/siliceous mudstone

• black siliceous mudstone

Size class: microfossils

Primary reference: C. D. Blome. 1983. Upper Triassic Capnuchosphaeridae and Capnodocinae (Radiolaria) from east-central Oregon. Micropaleontology 29(1):11-49 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 95130: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 07.04.2010

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• abundance data: rare: 1-2 specimens, common: 3-6 specimens, abundant: >6 specimens
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Protozoa
 Spumellaria - Capnuchosphaeridae
Sarla sp., Sarla delicata, Sarla plena, Sarla aff. vetusta, Capnuchosphaera sp., Capnuchosphaera smithorum, Capnuchosphaera colemani, Capnuchosphaera deweveri
Sarla sp. Pessagno et al. 1979 radiolarian
Sarla delicata Blome 1983 radiolarian
Sarla plena Blome 1983 radiolarian
Sarla aff. vetusta Pessagno et al. 1979 radiolarian
Capnuchosphaera sp. De Wever 1979 radiolarian
Capnuchosphaera smithorum Blome 1983 radiolarian
Capnuchosphaera colemani Blome 1983 radiolarian
Capnuchosphaera deweveri Kozur and Mostler 1979 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Pantanelliidae
Loffa sp., Capnodoce sp., Capnodoce angusta, Capnodoce media, Capnodoce insueta, Capnodoce copiosa, Capnodoce baldiensis, Capnodoce antiqua, Capnodoce beaulieui, Capnodoce kochi, Capnodoce minuscula, Capnodoce traversi, Renzium sp., Renzium adversum
Loffa sp. Pessagno et al. 1979 radiolarian
Capnodoce sp. De Wever 1979 radiolarian
Capnodoce angusta Blome 1983 radiolarian
Capnodoce media Blome 1983 radiolarian
Capnodoce insueta Blome 1983 radiolarian
Capnodoce copiosa Blome 1983 radiolarian
Capnodoce baldiensis Blome 1983 radiolarian
Capnodoce antiqua Blome 1983 radiolarian
Capnodoce beaulieui Blome 1983 radiolarian
Capnodoce kochi Blome 1983 radiolarian
Capnodoce minuscula Blome 1983 radiolarian
Capnodoce traversi Pessagno et al. 1979 radiolarian
Renzium sp. Blome 1983 radiolarian
Renzium adversum Blome 1983 radiolarian